Company City State Project Title

Advanced Cooling Solar Thermal Assisted Vacuum Freezing Desalination

Lancaster PA
Technologies, Inc. of Seawater at the Triple Point

Advanced Energy Materials, Louisville KY Advanced Catalysts Development for Oil Refinery
LLC

Portable Analytical Instrumentation for

Applied Spectra, Inc. Fremont CA Instantaneous Real-Time Measurement of Chemical
Elements in Raw Petroleum and Refinery Products

Aquaneers Brooklyn NY Photothermal Solar Cell

Rational Enhancement of Enzyme Performance via

BioHybrid Solutions LLC Pittsburgh PA Polymer-based Protein Engineering for Biodiesel
Production

Boulder Environmental Thermodynamic Profiler for the Marine Atmospheric

Boulder CO
Sciences & Technology, LLC Boundary Layer Observations

Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Brown Grease from

CF Technologies, Inc. Hyde Park MA Wastewater Treatment Plants to Biodiesel using
Supercritical Fluids.

White River VT Very Low-head Modular Turbine with Advanced

Concepts NREC, LLC Junction Hydrodynamics and Power Take-off

High Quality Natural Graphite for Lithium Ion

Coulometrics Chattanooga TN Batteries

Novel Emission Control Honeycomb Substrates for

Emissol LLC Mill Creek WA Significantly Reducing PGM Loading and Downsizing

Continuously Variable Displacement Engine Concept

Engine Systems Innovation, Inc. Washington UT Validation

Extensible Energy, LLC Lafayette CA Solar Load Balancing Software

General Engineering & San Diego CA Low Cost Alloys for Magnetocaloric Refrigeration
Research, L.L.C

Helios Remote Sensing Advancing Technology for Offshore Wind Resource

Rome NY
Systems, Inc. Characterizations

Optical Humidity Sensors for Building Energy

Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. Torrance CA Performance and Air Quality Control

Lucent Optics, Inc. Sacramento CA Ultra-Thin Flexible LED Lighting Panels

Design and Synthesis of Bio-inspired

Mainstream Engineering Rockledge FL Macromolecules Containing Atomically Precise
Corporation Catalytic Active Sites

Mainstream Engineering Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Food Waste and

Rockledge FL
Corporation Remediation of Aqueous Byproducts

Development of an Innovative, High-Efficiency Radon

Mechanical Solutions, Inc. Whippany NJ Fan

An Optimized Biocatalyst for Efficient Conversion of

MOgene Green Chemicals Saint Louis MO CH4 and CO2 into Bioproducts

Cryogenically Flexible, Low Permeability Thoraeus

NanoSonic, Inc. Pembroke VA Rubber H2 Dispenser Hose
NexTech Materials, Ltd. dba Conversion of Biogas to Liquid Fuels on Superior
Nexceris, LLC Lewis Center OH Catalysts

Developing Optimal Control Technology for

Nhu Energy, Inc. Tallahassee FL Distributed Energy Resources (DOCTdER)

ProjectEconomics, Inc. Brooklyn NY Middleware Oriented Community Solar Platform

Cold Plasma Partial Oxidation of Methane to Higher

Reactive Innovations, LLC Westford MA Value Products
Saratoga Energy Research Low-Cost High Power Anode Material for Automotive
Berkeley CA
Partners, LLC Lithium-Ion Batteries

Fractionation and Dehydration of Existing Feedstocks

Shockkwave, LLC Des Moines IA for Biomass and Biopower Production

Hierarchical Zeolite Catalysts for Renewable

Sironix Renewables Saint Paul MN Surfactants Platform

Wheat
TDA Research, Inc. CO Hydrogen Generation from Vacuum Gas Oil (VGO)
Ridge

Ultrasonic Technologies, Inc. Wesley FL In-Line Quality and Process Control in Solar and Fuel
Chapel Cell Manufacturing

Monmouth NJ High Current SiC Cascodes for Electric Drive Vehicle

United Silicon Carbide, Inc. Junction Power Electronics

Xergy Incorporated Seaford DE PEM based Vacuum Desalination System

Project Summary

A spray vacuum freezing desalination process will be developed to decrease the energy requirements in seawater desalination
and brackish water treatment. The proposed technology is able to limit energy requirements in vapor pumping process by
suppressing subcooling of water at the triple point, and use low quality thermal energy as energy source.

This SBIR project will develop a new class of catalysts for ultra-deep sulfur removal from various fuels; selective ring opening
catalysis for significant cetane number improvement. The catalyst technology developed in this SBIR project will help with
reducing the cost of refining for transportation fuels, in producing sulfur free diesel for chemical processing industries and in
general make US competitive with advanced manufacturing.

We will develop a tool to improve efficiency and quality of the petroleum refinery. This is a fast and green technology, a cost-
effective option to the present-day acidic digestion technologies.

A novel energy-converting nanomaterial is being developed that converts sunlight into heated steam with high efficiency. This
technology can be used to enable more efficient desalination and supply clean water with a low-cost in an easy to use device t
harvests solar energy as pure water product.

Biodiesel production currently utilizes costly feedstocks and relies on an energy-inefficient and wasteful chemical processing
scheme, making it an expensive alternative to traditional diesel. BioHybrid Solutions will make biodiesel a cost- effective,
sustainable fuel by using new polymer-modified enzyme to efficiently convert cheap and renewable feedstocks into an
inexpensive, high-quality biodiesel

A remote sensor capable of observing vertical profiles of temperature and humidity from a buoy is being developed. When
installed on an already existing buoy with a wind profiler, the buoy can replace an offshore meteorological mast and provide
more complete information about the atmosphere at one tenth the cost.

CF Technologies, Inc. of Hyde Park, MA has developed an economical technology to convert rancid, no-value, environmentally
adverse brown grease into a high quality, valued biodiesel fuel.

Due to costly infrastructure and environmental obstacles, the vast power of Americas waterways is largely undeveloped. The
proposed solutiona low-cost, modular, hydroelectric turbine generator unitcan be used in previously untapped locations. T
unit minimizes upfront costs and recurring maintenance costs, and reduces environmental impact.

This project will implement a low-cost, lean-manufacturing approach to providing safety and stability to lithium-ion battery
materials using a nanotechnology-enabling coating solution. Expected outcomes are lower cost batteries, higher retained
performance under extreme conditions, and a roadmap toward rapid commercialization and domestic production of next
generation Li-ion battery materials.

A novel emission reduction technology is pursued, potentially capable of providing substantial cost savings, also further reducin
emissions, fuel consumption and vehicle weight. Computer simulations will be performed in this research project to seek proo
concept for this novel technology and to develop its value proposition.

The Continuously Variable Displacement engine improves the efficiency of conventional gasoline engines by ~30% by adjusting
the displacement of the engine through control of the stroke of the engine. This DOE SBIR Phase II program will be instrumenta
in proving the concept by manufacturing and testing a prototype unit.

This project will develop modern software tools to assist electricity customers in commercial buildings to maximize the use of
distributed solar within the facility where the solar array is installed. The software will save customers money on their energy
bills, and will allow the electric grid to support a higher percentage of solar generation.
One major inhibitor to a hydrogen society is economical hydrogen liquefaction systems to support safe storage and
transportation of this fuel. Development of commercially available low cost magnetocaloric materials for magnetic refrigeratio
systems would enable a highly efficient and economical solution to support hydrogen liquefaction infrastructure.

There is a need for technology innovation in development of a low-cost marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL)
measurement system which could serve as a core element of a buoy-based data collection network for the offshore renewable
energy industry. The objective of this research and development effort is to develop a low cost, low power, fully coherent, mari
atmospheric boundary layer wind profiling Doppler radar measurement system which could serve as a lower-cost alternative to
existing measurement technologies.

Novel buildings designed to reduce energy use can compromise indoor air quality, and existing humidity sensors do not stay
accurate over extended periods. The proposed optical sensors for stabilizing relative humidity will have unprecedented long-te
stability at costs comparable to those of existing sensors.

This project will develop and demonstrate a new approach for making energy efficient and low- glare lighting panels based on
high-brightness light-emitting diodes (LEDs). It will make viable the large-scale replacement of energy-wasting fluorescent lighti
fixtures and save billions of dollars on energy consumption while improving energy sustainability and reducing carbon emission

New catalysts are needed to improve selectivity and yield during chemical processing. We are developing new materials capab
of performing much more selective chemistry than previously possible with conventional catalysts.

The yield and quality of hydrothermal liquefaction oil must be improved for commercial adoption. We are developing new
processes to improve the oil yield and reduce the aqueous byproducts during hydrothermal liquefaction of wet wastes.

This project will develop an innovative, high-efficiency radon fan for immediate application in the radon mitigation market. The
fan pulls a vacuum underneath a homes foundation to purge the area of radon-enriched air. Commercial partners have helped
drive requirements and will provide a path to market, ensuring the energy savings potential is realized.

This project will establish a sustainable, bio-based technology to convert biogas and stranded natural gas into high value
products. It will reduce our dependence on the geopolitical unstable regions for the targeted products, create many jobs in
biological, engineering, regulatory and production areas, and will thus contribute to the economic and energy security of the U

A state-of-the-art, metal-free, hydrogen dispensing hose is being developed for civilian use under DOE funding. It has the
potential to revolutionize hydrogen as a safe, green alternative energy source to gasoline and diesel fuels.
The goal of this project is to create new catalysts that will allow more efficient generation of fuels from biogas. The technology
also has direct application in existing chemical, petrochemical and refining industries.
The Nhu Energy team will develop breakthrough control technology to drastically improve the value proposition for distributed
energy resources such as solar PV, storage, electric vehicles, and price- responsive load, to enable significant improvements to
electric power system resiliency, economics, and environmental impact.

Shared solar is the key to unlocking access to solar for the households and businesses that cant go solar because they are rent
or dont have adequate roofs. ProjectEconomics is developing software to help utilities and other energy companies deliver
shared solar programs efficiently at scale.

Syngas, an important intermediate in the production of countless other chemicals, is currently synthesized using an energy
intensive process. In the Phase II program, RIL will apply the technology demonstrated in the Phase I towards a less energy
intensive process involving the partial oxidation of methane into syngas.
Saratoga Energy, a start-up company based in Berkeley, California, is developing a breakthrough process to manufacture low-co
fast-charging graphite - a key component of lithium-ion batteries - from carbon dioxide. This DOE SBIR Phase II project will
address the optimization of the process and demonstrate fast charging capability on large- format lithium-ion batteries for
electric vehicles.

The SBIR Phase II project , if successful, will contribute to increased production of domestic, low greenhouse gas biofuel by
harvesting corn fiber from corn grain to produce cellulosic biofuels.

Reduction in energy consumption for the laundry detergents industry remains on the top ten list of energy reduction targets
because of the high energy costs for detergent production and consumer water heating. This research aims to implement a new
catalyst technology that produces a new class of detergent molecules from renewable sources that are superior and cheaper
than current detergents, enabling detergent formulations with higher concentrations, which reduces chemical environmental
impact and manufacturing and transportation energy consumption.

TDA Research proposes to develop a technology for converting a portion of the vacuum gas oil stream in oil refineries to gener
hydrogen needed to upgrade the remaining VGO. The process is more energy efficient than current steam methane reforming
and uses low value refinery streams as its feedstock improving refinery economics.

The in-line Activation Station will be designed and installed in solar module production to eliminate cracked solar cells and
improve solar module yield.

Electric vehicle adoption is accelerating in the US and worldwide. United Silicon Carbide, Inc. will develop silicon carbide
transistor technology to address the need for more efficient power conversion modules used in electric vehicles.

In a Phase II demonstration the Company will install a fully functional, independent, integrated, scalable and highly efficient, 10
gallon / day potable water system providing the highest purity, sanitized (insitu disinfection), with minimal environmental
footprint and optional hot water delivery for isolated communities such as islands and rural areas.